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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 251,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT Tuesday based on official sources. There have been more than 3,595,970 officially recorded cases spanning 195 countries and territories. The United States is the worst-hit country, with 68,934 deaths out of 1,180,634 cases. Britain follows with 32,313, then Italy with 29,079 deaths, Spain with 25,613 and France with 25,201. Britain overtakes Italy to become the country behind the US with the largest single-country death toll. The number of people killed by the virus in the UK now stands at 32,313, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics. Regional leaders push back against Chancellor Angela Merkel's pleas for prudence, with the biggest state preempting planned talks by saying it will reopen its restaurants and hotels this month. Bavaria says restaurants will be the first to be allowed to offer outdoor dining from May 18, before extending the opening to indoor dining a week later. Hotels will be allowed to welcome guests again from May 30. Hong Kong announces plans to reopen schools, cinemas, bars and beauty parlours from Friday. In California, the governor announces some retailers including bookshops, florists and clothing stores will be allowed to reopen at the end of the week. Australia's economy is losing Aus$4 billion (US$2.5 billion) every week its shutdown continues, with GDP forecast to plunge 10 percent in the June quarter, its latest figures announce. Sales of new cars in Britain plunge 97 percent in April, the lowest level since 1946, as separate figures show the UK service sector plummeted to another record low in April. French oil giant Total says its quarterly profits have fallen by 99 percent because of dropping oil prices and announces it will slash investments. The firm reports a net profit of $34 million for the first quarter against $3.1 billion a year earlier. British airline Virgin Atlantic, part-owned by tycoon Richard Branson, says it will cut over 3,000 jobs -- around a third of its staff -- following "unprecedented pressure" from the pandemic. Spain's jobless figures rise by more than 282,000 in April, largely because of the collapse of tourism, labour ministry figures show, bringing the total number of unemployed in the country to 3.8 million. In Britain, the Treasury has paid 6.3 million workers up to 80 percent of their salaries at a total cost of £8.0 billion ($9.8 billion, 9.1 billion euros), as part of an emergency package of measures. Russia cements its place as the European country reporting the highest number of new infections, with a total of over 155,000. India embarks on a "massive" operation calling up passenger jets and naval ships to bring back some of the hundreds of thousands of nationals stuck abroad. burs-fm/eab/jmy/jxb
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